C.C. Franklin Quotes

Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.

Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.

Grace thou thy house and let not that grace thee.

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.

The wise and the brave dares own that he was wrong.

Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd.

That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems to be of a piece with the rest.

The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively.

Anger warms the invention, but overheats the oven.

If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.

I know as well as thee that I am no poet born It is a trade, I never learnt nor indeed could learn If I make verses-'tis in spite Of nature and my stars I write.

A lonely man on a rainy night who cannot read.

Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.

Increase in me that wisdom Which discovers my truest interest, Strengthen my resolution To perform that which wisdom dictates.

Nothing in the world is certain except for death and taxes.

There is no gains without pain.

We are a kind of posterity in respect to them.

Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.

The only things of certainty are Death and Taxes.

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

He that's content hath enough.

Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues. Be active in business, that temptation may miss her aim; the bird that sits is easily shot.

Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.

Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

God bless the King, and grant him long to Reign.

The generous Mind least regards money, and yet most feels the Want of it.

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

What you would seem to be, be really.

Man is a tool-making animal

Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar.

Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.

If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel very sensibly the want of it.

I try to use all aspects of media and my gifting and calling to help as many people as I can.

You're pulling out and someone says, 'hey, you know what, go ahead and take my spot', miracle.

I've dreamed about producing since I was a kid.

Yeah, I look at the box office as an indication as how many lives that you've touched, so my hope is touch as many lives as possible.

It [concentration of wealth and power] has been a menace to . . . American democracy.

Change is like fire- if uncontrolled, it will consume us.

It is fun to be in the same decade with you.

We want a Supreme Court which will do justice under the Constitution - not over it. In our courts we want a government of laws and not of men.

We know that enduring peace cannot be bought at the cost of other people's freedom.

Sometimes the best way to keep peace in the family is to keep the members of the family apart for awhile.

You'll have to learn that public life takes a lot of sweat; but it doesn't need to worry you. You won't always be right, but you mustn't suffer from being wrong. That's what kills people like us.

I suggest a nationwide reading of the Holy Scriptures during the period from Thanksgiving Day to Christmas.

Industrial combination is not wrong in itself. The danger lies in taking government into partnership.

True wealth is not a static thing. It is a living thing made out of the disposition of men to create and distribute the good things of life with rising standards of living.

In time of this grave national danger, when all excess income should go to win the war, no American citizen ought to have a net income, after he has paid his taxes, of more than $25,000 a year.